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Recognized Expert on Implantable Defibrillators

Curtis, who is among the world’s leading clinical cardiac
electrophysiologists, has pioneered research that has helped
transform the evaluation and treatment of heart disease worldwide,
especially cardiac arrhythmias, and has significantly advanced
knowledge of human cardiac electrophysiology and heart-rhythm
abnormalities.

In 2013, Expertscape named Curtis one of the world’s top
10 experts doing research on implantable defibrillators.

Curtis is board certified in internal medicine with additional
certification in cardiovascular diseases and clinical cardiac
electrophysiology. She is widely published with almost 300
peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, abstracts, reviews and
editorials.

A past president of the Heart Rhythm Society and a recipient of
its Distinguished Service Award, she is a former chair of the Food
and Drug Administration’s Circulatory System Devices
Panel.

Organization Features Nation’s Top Cardiologists

The installation took place at the AUC’s 56th annual
meeting Jan. 18-20 in Phoenix.

Founded in 1961, the AUC is an organization that is limited to
an active membership of 125 academic cardiologists from the United
States, elected by their peers.

The group has a purely educational purpose and meets once per
year in January for a two-day session of scientific interchange.
The members traditionally are the leaders and best investigators in
American cardiology.